Interested in a great summer job or challenging career as a professional lifeguard? Through videos, group discussion and hands-on practice, you’ll learn teamwork, rescue and surveillance skills, First Aid and CPR/AED and other skills you need to work as a professional lifeguard.

Lifeguard Blended Learning Training Course

This is the full training course description.

Prerequisites:

Minimum age: Must be 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of this course.

Swim 300 yards continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Swim goggles are allowed.

Tread water for 2 minutes using only the legs hand under your armpits or out of the water

Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Then Surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point. Swim goggles are not allowed.

Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

Purpose:
The purpose of the American Red Cross Life guarding course is to provide entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over. This class is offered both online and with instructor-led skill sessions. Read More

Whether you want to learn to scuba dive or are already a scuba diver who is looking for a flexible way to fit another dive course into your busy schedule, PADI’s online scuba programs are the way to go. You can get started immediately with the knowledge development portion of the course and work at your own pace using the PADI eLearning® system. This convenient, interactive study option allows you to learn anytime and anywhere you have an internet connection.
PADI eLearning lets you:

Learn by watching, listening, reading and interacting with a dynamic instructional program.

Access the material for one year, plus gain unlimited access to an online version of the course manual.

Contact us anytime you have a question about what you’re learning.

Get in the water quickly – applying what you’ve learned – when you meet with your PADI Instructor.

Ready to start your scuba diving lessons?

Learning to scuba dive requires both knowledge development – including facts, principles and concepts – and dive skills including techniques and methods. PADI Open Water Diver Online uses videos, audio, graphics and reading to help you learn, plus short quizzes that let you gauge your progress, and then offers a review of anything you happen to miss. You develop dive skills during actual dives with a PADI Instructor at Blu Water Scuba. By completing knowledge development online, you’re ready to meet with your instructor and start having fun in the water.

Just want to update or increase your dive knowledge?

Many PADI eLearning programs are available in different languages. Register now at PADI eLearning!

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https://bluwaterscuba.com/hello-world/#respondMon, 05 Dec 2016 20:17:14 +0000https://bluwaterscuba.com/?p=1Blu Water Scuba is owned and operated by a US Navy Veteran and is a full-service PADI Five Star Instructor Development training center servicing the dive community since 2010! We are located in Winchester VA. Blu Water Scuba also has a PADI Tec Instructor Trainer on staff so that current PADI instructors can come to Blu Water Scuba to obtain a rating as a Tec Instructor. Interested in diving? We’ll take care of all your training needs from learning to dive through teaching others to dive! Blu Water Scuba can assist with all your equipment and training needs.

PADI Diving Society Members can earn free prizes when they complete PADI Specialty courses within the featured month. Visit PADI for the 2018 Specialty calendar, prizes and redemption details and earn free gifts on your way to Master Scuba Diver with the Specialty of the Month promotion. Plus combine travel and training – prepare for the world’s best diving by taking PADI Specialty course before you go or while you’re there!

Point. Shoot. Enjoy.

Small and ergonomic, the Micro 2.0 camera is easy to handle underwater, operating with three wide “Piano Key” controls. Features a 16MP SONY® CMOS Image Sensor for stunning still images, full 1080p HD video and a built-in 130-degree Fisheye Lens, the Micro 2.0 provides everything needed to capture and share your underwater encounters down to 200 feet/60 meters.

Permanently Sealed and flood proof

The Micro 2.0 has no doors or openings that could possibly leak. With a 32GB or 64GB of on board memory, high capacity internal battery and WiFi, there’s no need for memory cards, batteries, O-rings, or maintenance.

Easy to expand

An Easy Setup Guide provides a fast and intuitive way to select a color correction mode for your diving environment. Get even more color out of your shots by easily expanding the Micro 2.0 camera with one or two Sea Dragon Lights and Flex-Connect Trays, Grips, Arms and accessories.

Easy to expand

An Easy Setup Guide provides a fast and intuitive way to select a color correction mode for your diving environment.
Get even more color out of your shots by easily expanding the Micro HD camera with one or two Sea Dragon Lights
and Flex-Connect Trays, Grips, Arms and accessories.

Sharing and downloading made simple

The Micro 2.0 can wirelessly download and share images and video to smartphones and tablets through a free iOS or Android app – perfect for backing up and sharing your photos and videos immediately after a dive or during a vacation. The app also allows for wireless control of the Micro 2.0 camera to capture and review photos and videos.

Where:

But What Is It?

Adventure Day has two focuses:1st, activities for girls to do and interesting things to see and learn about at the event, like climbing the rock wall, crossing the rope bridge, having a bubble formed around you, shoot a laser tag gun, hoop dance, walk on stilts, or get up close and personal with owls, hawks, snakes, lizards and other animals.2nd vendors, many with an activity or taster of the program at the event, so troops can see what they have to offer to line up future program, like Cupcakes and Lace, SportRock, Medieval Times, Laser Quest, Camp Friendship, Lasley Centre for the Performing Arts, The Adventure Park, and Bear Bus.

Activities and Organizations/Vendors

Walk on bridge for list of activities!

The activities and booths are divided loosely into different categories. We are still in the process of putting many things together and will be adding more vendors and activities up to shortly before the event. Check back often to see what has changed. To see the vendors and activities already confirmed, check the Activities & Vendors page or download a list by clicking on the bridge.

Interested in Sidemount?
The PADI Sidemount Diver Course is designed to train certified divers how to safely utilize side-mounted primary cylinders as an alternative to the traditional back-mounted configuration. We offer Sidemount certification as a standalone course, or it can be combined with any specialty certification as a training option. Read more

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https://bluwaterscuba.com/lavacore/#respondThu, 07 Jul 2011 22:52:38 +0000https://bluwaterscuba.com/?p=1164Lavacore is a technically advanced fabric, constructed and engineered exclusively for water sports requiring the ultimate in thermal control and superior comfort. This unique synthetic construction closely matches the stretch and movement of a traditional Lycra rash vest, while providing the insulation qualities similar to that of a Neoprene wetsuit. Close to the skin, Lavacore’s soft internal fleece and high 4-way stretch produces the ultimate comfort>warmth>weight ratio, a true leader amongst any fabrics within the water sports industry.

Wet or dry, hot or cold, Lavacore helps control your core temperature longer, whether worn as a stand alone garment, or under your wetsuit or clothing.

OUTER Lycra layer is a 180 g/sqm knitted k nylon wrap knit Tricot with water repellant treatment to ensure fast water run off and anti wind chill properties.

INTER layer is an impermeable breathable Micro porous high stretch PU film which is wind proof and breathable allowing perspiration to be drawn away in hot conditions.

INNER Fleece layer is a 240g/sqm 4 way stretch polyester fleece with elastane. It has Anti Pill treatment, as well as Anti Microbial treatment to reduce odor and eliminate bacteria.

CORE FEATURES

Water resistant outer layer on all lavacore suits facilitates fast water run off and is incredibly quick drying.